Brief History Of The Atom Isabelle Bury 10G2

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History of the Atom Isabelle Bury 10G2
The concept of an atom was first created in the fifth century BC by two Greek philosophers. Democritus and Leucippus named them ‘atoms’ after the Greek word ατoμoν, because they initially believed that they were indivisible. Today, we know that atoms are made up of a positively charged nucleus, consisting of protons and neutrons, and that they are surrounded by fast moving negatively charged electrons. Although, before we knew the real structure of an atom there were many other theories and models that scientists came up with. These scientists are John Dalton, JJ Thomson, Ernst Rutherford, Neil Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.
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